CVE-2011-4962

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2012-09-17 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

code/sitefeatures/PageCommentInterface.php in SilverStripe 2.4.x before 2.4.6 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted cookie in a user comment submission, which is not properly handled when it is deserialized.

Affected products

Silverstripe: 2.4.0, 2.4.1, 2.4.2, 2.4.3, 2.4.4, 2.4.5

References

http://doc.silverstripe.org/framework/en/trunk/changelogs/2.4.6
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/30/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/30/3
https://github.com/silverstripe/silverstripe-cms/commit/d15e850
http://doc.silverstripe.org/framework/en/trunk/changelogs/2.4.6
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/30/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/30/3
https://github.com/silverstripe/silverstripe-cms/commit/d15e850

Get alerted when CVE-2011-4962 or the next vulnerability affects your stack